Very Mild November 1821-March 1822 Period

[Weather-history]

November 1821 to March 1822 was very mild

CETs (anomalies compared to the 1971-2000 average)

November: 8.6 (+1.7)

December: 6.4 (+1.3)

January: 4.7 (+0.5)

February: 6.3 (+2.1)

March: 7.8 (+1.5)

Number of days recording these temperatures in London

60F+: 10 (6.6%)

50F-59F: 79 (52%)

Minima

32F and below: 37 (24.5%)

Lowest minimum was on the 28th February 1822 with 22F

The wind blew from the SW on 55 days in that period (36%)

The wind blew from the E only on 5 days (3%)

The warm spell actually began in September 1821 and lasted until June 1822 that period having a CET that was about 1.3C above the 1971-2000 average.

Edited November 17, 2009 by Mr_Data